greaser fitting in ball joint

[Per Lindgren]

I had an old 1974 Mazda that had grease fittings in the steering knuckles
and susp. ball joints. It did wonders for the steering effort on that car.

PerL
92 Cabrio 2.3E

Konstantin Bogach wrote:

> Hi lister.
>
> I removed fron control arms and I see that ball joints need be serviced.
> Protective boots were ripped and dirt needs to be cleaned from inside.
> Back in Russia I used to fit greasers into bottom of all ball joints I
> had in my car. It helped me to use them 3 year and more. Without it they
> goes south in 1 year at most. Yes,  it sounds funny, ... here.  Did
> anybody use this method?  Any thoughts why I should not do that? It
> would help me to push all dirt out from joint and later I could add
> fresh grease time to time.
>
> I thought to drill a hole, accurately, and screw a greaser fitting in.
> I don't know  what is inside of these ball joints(in front control arms)
> and I don't remember what was in russian ones. But I remember that I
> opened used joint to make sure that I don't mess up anything inside
> (like plastic inserts) and found that I could do that.
>
> I will appreciate you input.
>
> Konstantin Bogach.